1st September 2012 was a historic day for St Benedict’s School. The School which has been under the Trusteeship of the Monks of Ealing since its foundation in 1902 is now an independent Charity with a lay Chairman, Mr Patrick Murphy-O’Connor. The School will continue to promote Catholic Benedictine values by living out its mission of ‘Teaching a way of living’. Monks will continue to work in the School and the Abbot and two of the Community will be on the Governing Body.